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  <h1 class="topictitle1">Step 2: Checking and Enabling the vmware-vapi-endpoint Service</h1>
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   <p>Before registering the VMware virtualization environment, ensure that the vmware-vapi-endpoint service has been enabled on the vCenter Server. Otherwise, the registration will fail.</p>
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     <li><span>Log in to the vCenter Server through PuTTY as user <strong>root</strong>.</span></li>
     <li><span>Run the following command to enter the shell mode:</span><p></p><pre class="screen">shell</pre> <p></p></li>
     <li><span>Run the following command to check whether the <strong>vmware-vapi-endpoint</strong> service has been enabled:</span><p></p><pre class="screen">service-control --status</pre> <p>Information similar to the following is displayed. If <span class="parmname"><b>running</b></span> contains the <strong>vmware-vapi-endpoint</strong> service, the service has been enabled. Otherwise, perform <a href="#vmware_gud_0017__li3254446179">4</a> to enable the service.</p> <pre class="screen">root@vc161-99 [ ~ ]# service-control --status
<strong>Running: </strong>
applmgmt lwsmd pschealth vmafdd vmcad vmdird vmdnsd vmonapi vmware-cis-license vmware-cm vmware-content-library vmware-perfcharts vmware-pod vmware-postgres-archiver vmware-rhttpproxy vmware-sca vmware-sps vmware-sts-idmd vmware-stsd vmware-updatemgr <strong>vmware-vapi-endpoint</strong> vmware-vmon vmware-vpostgres vmware-vpxd vmware-vpxd-svcs vmware-vsan-health vmware-vsm vsphere-client vsphere-ui
Stopped: 
vmcam vmware-analytics vmware-eam vmware-imagebuilder vmware-mbcs vmware-netdumper vmware-rbd-watchdog vmware-statsmonitor vmware-vcha vsan-dps</pre> <p></p></li>
     <li id="vmware_gud_0017__li3254446179"><a name="vmware_gud_0017__li3254446179"></a><a name="li3254446179"></a><span>Run the following command to enable the <strong>vmware-vapi-endpoint</strong> service:</span><p></p><pre class="screen">service-control --start vmware-vapi-endpoint</pre> <p></p></li>
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